shogunate japan By Dominik007707 1192 Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan. 1203 Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan. 1219 Hojo Masako and Hojo Tokimasa take over as regents for the Japanese shogun, thus permanently transferring power from the Minamoto to Hojo clans. 1327 Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate. 1333 The Kemmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate. 1338 Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate. 1397 The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. 1467 The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan. 1490 Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan. 1490 Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan. 1573 Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki. 1603 The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan. 1868 The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan.